The reliability of mechanical systems / 
edited by John Davidson. 
 - 2nd ed /  technical editor, Cathy Hunsley. 
 - London :  Mechanical Engineering for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,  1994. 
 - xii,163 p :  ill, forms ;  31 cm. 
 - IMechE guides for the process industries .
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1988. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part One:  The philosophy, principles and concepts of reliability engineering -- Introduction -- The concept of mechanical reliability -- Operational and cost implications -- Summary -- Part Two:  Analysis of in-service reliability experience -- Introduction -- Analysis of in-service experience for mechanical components -- Analysis of in-service experience for repairable systems -- Part Three:  A basic approach to reliability assessment for mechanical process systems -- Uses of reliability assessment -- The analysis of simple systems -- Active parallel systems with partial redundancy and systems with standby units -- Part Four:  Techniques for process plant reliability assessment -- Introduction -- Reliability prediction -- Fault tree analysis -- Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) -- Complex systems:  some further methods of analysis -- Part Five:  Collection and processing of reliability data -- Introduction to data collection -- Data requirements and reliability parameters -- Reliability data collection systems -- Part Six:  Case studies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0852988818  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reliability (Engineering)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.00452